First Apartment
…Well, at least the first paid for with his own salary. This would happen to be my favorite nephew in Tejas.
The apartment had good bones?…Or more specifically, a great window and a greater number than necessary square feet.
This would be a budget makeover. We were cost...

Formals need attention.
Function of the Living Room.
The formal Living Room in this Allen home was “no man’s land”. The piano which does get played, was here ….otherwise, the formal LR was unused. Though there was seating in the Living Room, the Family Room was — and would continue...

Finishing touches: Accessories and color add warmth.
What they had: a beautiful new home in Allen, recently purchased rug and seating, with a TV front and center!
What they wanted? Color! Warmth. Lamps. Art. An inviting feel! Finishing...

Unique international furniture is rearranged in Allen home.
Settling into a new home.
After two years it was becoming apparent that between working and traveling there had not been time — nor would be time — to settle into her new home.
Rearranging.
This was the point at which the home owner...

Rearranging existing furnishings.
What to buy for the grand entry? Maybe nothing. Maybe we use what the Allen client already owns.
Maybe we hire piano movers and move the baby grand piano 12 feet into the entry hall. (It...

DR after
DR after
DR before
Our goal was to use the existing furniture and accessories adding new only as necessary.
The first time I met with the Fairview homeowner we made a list of new items we would probably...

Make the Ho-Hum go away.
Paint What?
Fairview home owners hired Decorating on a Shoe String to add some “punch” to their still rather new home. The first and second remarks made upon first entering this house (besides, “Glad to meet you” & “We’re here to...

An email from a client:
Hi Ginny!!!
It's your crazy friend looking for something more to do.
I would LOVE to get my family photo wall up by Turkey Day.
My sis (maybe both) will be here to share the holiday....

BEFORE
BEFORE
New homeowners in Allen had finished unpacking and set up housekeeping. They had accomplished an amazing amount the first four weeks in their new home but had run up against a hard time-and-health deadline. Decorating on a Shoe String was contacted to finish up. We were to hang art/certificates...

AFTER
The night before our scheduled Rearrangement, a Frisco client and her husband sat on the couch talking. And asking. “What could Decorating on a Shoe String possibly come in and do?” The house was not cluttered, accessories were sparse and every conceivable furniture arrangement had...

Decorating on a Shoe String, a service for the cost-conscious, has many happy clients in the Dallas metroplex communities of Plano, McKinney, Frisco, Prosper, Fairview, Murphy, Heath, North Dallas and Westlake.
The company was founded by Ginny Andrews 15 years ago and has morphed to offer turn-key residential remodeling and commercial design as well as furniture and accessory selection, re-arrangement, custom window treatments and window products.